Improvement in extension lounges



UNITED i STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VOLKERT O. HART AND JOHN BENJAMIN, OF NAPLES, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN EXTENSION LOUNGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 117,775, dated August 8, 187,1.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, VOLKERT O. HART and JOHN BENJAMIN, of Naples, in the county of Ontario, New York, have invented a new and Iniproved Extensible Sliding Lounge, which is fully described and set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawing, in the two fig'- ures of which like letters indicate like parts, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view, and Fig. 2 is a transverse section, as indicated by line .r oi'Fig'. 1.

This invention relates to extension lounges or settees, but more particularly to settees; and consists in the construction and arrangement ofthe ends and of the extensible sliding part thereof, by which the saine may be readily converted into a double or single settee or bed.

A is the front rail, to which are attached the slats S, the end slats being' arranged to slide in grooves 1 in the inside oi the end rails of the lounge, and the back ends of the slats are secured by screws upon the top of a bar, I), as seen in Figs. 1 and 2. B B are the front posts, properly secured torail A and to the sliding ends O C, which are made and arranged so as to slide in the boxed grooves in the lounge ends D D, as shown in Fig. 1. The front feet F are made a little shorter than feet F', to allow theln to slide back and forth without rubbing upon the iioor.

Vhen used for a double lounge or bed the front is drawn out till bar b strikes against the inside of the inner front rail A', in which position the ends O D form the head and footboards of the double bed, or two ends of the double lounge, and slats S and S forni the bed or lounge bottom for receiving and supporting' the spring-seat, inattress, or bed, which may be made so as to fold together when the lounge is closed up and used as a single lounge.

l/Ve do not claim, broadly, the sliding arrangement, as we are aware that this is not new, the saine being shown in the patents of Charles Kurfiss,L February 15, 187.0, and H. S. Rose, March 13, 18Go; but

What we do cla-iin, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The extensiblelounge or settee, withboxed ends D l) open on the front to receive the extensible sliding ends C C, and provided with grooves 1 1 on the inside to receive the end slats S S', the whole constructed and arranged in the manner and for the purposey as herein shown and set forth.

In evidence that we claiin the foregoing as our invention we have hereunto set our hands and seals in the presence of two witnesses.

VOLKERT O. HART. L s] JOHN BENJAMIN. [Ls] Witnesses IRA N. DEYo, C. M. LYON. 

